Chapter 21: Seven Rings in Hand

After returning from Stardust Speedway, the Resistance discovered the last chapter of the Arabian Nights. There, they found out that genies were space aliens the whole time. Not only that, but they are also ancient Babylonians. They flew to the Night Palace and managed to weaken Erazor, but not before he used the Chaos Emeralds to transform to a new form. Sonic makes a counter of his own by regaining his DarkSpine form.

"Humph. DarkSpine Sonic if I remember correctly. But do you think that will be enough to stop me?" Ultra Erazor yelled.

DarkSpine Sonic then warped in front of Ultra Erazor and punched him in the face, sending him into a wall. "What do you think?" DarkSpine Sonic grunted as his demonic voice echoed though the throne room. Even though he was talking, his mouth wasn't moving.

"What in the name of the moon did Sonic transform into?" Sailor Moon gawked.

"The form you see him in now is known as DarkSpine Sonic." Trista explained. "For those of you who were here previously, you can say that it's an 'upgraded' version of his Dark Super form. While he becomes stronger each time his anger increases, he has complete control over his power. Also, unlike his Super form, he needs no rings to sustain it."

"Cool." Zoey gasped in awe.

"What in the world?!" Mercury gasped in shock as her computer finished scanning DarkSpine Sonic.

"What is it?" Neptune asked in worry.

"One second," Mercury said and looked over the Arabian master again.

"Well?" Mars asked getting a bit impatient.

"Oh my god..." Mercury muttered, "I was comparing our strengths against Sonic... but, if this is right, Sonic is just as powerful as Mistress 9 is in his DarkSpine form!"

"Really?!" Saturn gasped.

"I've checked it over four times now and it still comes up the same," Mercury said, "According to this, given the right circumstances his true powers could be unlocked."

"Pluto's trained him well." Uranus blinked.

"Even then," Mercury continued, "Sonic's other forms can overshadow us. One form is just as powerful as the Grim Man himself while another..."

"Yes?" Venus asked.

"While another can match Sailor Galaxia. If the pattern continues, he will be slightly more powerful than Sailor Cosmos herself!"

"No way! Just how powerful would he be with all his power unlocked?" Jupiter gasped.

Hearing this, Pluto couldn't help but smile.

Ultra Erazor got up and growled. "You'll pay for that, rat! Chaos Blades!" Ultra Erazor made two dark energy blades and threw them at DarkSpine Sonic. DarkSpine Sonic snorted and brought up a light barrier to block the attack. Then he dashed forward and hit Ultra Erazor with over a hundred punches. He kicked him into the sky and flew after him. He punched him again and knocked him into Marble Castle.

"Gaaa..." Ultra Erazor groaned as he got up and DarkSpine Sonic landed near him. "I see you haven't lost your touch."

"Well, what did you expect? I am the Legendary Hedgehog after all." DarkSpine Sonic said telepathically as he smirked and rubbed his nose.

"Still..." Ultra Erazor said as his hands glowed with red energy, "There are many ways to skin a rat!" His four hands sent out multiply blasts of Dark Chaos Energy. DarkSpine Sonic twisted his arms around as his hands glowed with dark energy. As he came to a stop, he fired blasts of dark energy with equal power and the attacks exploded in contact. DarkSpine Sonic shielded his blank eyes from the blow and as it cleared, he noticed Ultra Erazor coming down on him. He dove out of the way as Ultra Erazor made a huge explosion that blew up half of the ruins. DarkSpine Sonic flew out of the destruction with Ultra Erazor on hot pursuit.

"Don't think you can escape me that easily!" Ultra Erazor yelled as the flew into the night sky and back to Green Hill.

"Who ever said I was running?" DarkSpine Sonic retorted as he suddenly warped above Ultra Erazor and used a Homing Spin to blast him to the ground. DarkSpine Sonic then flew down at Ultra Erazor as he picked himself up. As he dashed at him, close to the sound barrier, but Ultra Erazor sidestepped at the last minute and grabbed his leg.

"Gotcha!" Ultra Erazor grinned as he swung him around and around until he threw DarkSpine Sonic at a cliff base. Before he could make another move, Shadow warped in front with Chaos Control and tried use a haymaker to make him see stars. Ultra Erazor saw it coming though as he caught Shadow's fist in his own. The force of the block sent a huge gust around them.

"So predictable!" Ultra Erazor laughed as he tossed Shadow into a pile of rocks. They all crumbled as Shadow crashed. However, Ultra Erazor's demonic eye's narrowed as he saw sparks of power coming from the cloud of dust. Judging from the worldly energy he sensed, this black rat was drawing power from DarkSpine Sonic.

"You don't get it, don't you?" Shadow's voice was demonic as it echoed through the air. The dust cleared in Shadow was glowing in a fiery aura as his blood red irises vanished. "You can't just put me down so easily. I am the Ultimate Lifeform: Shadow the Hedgehog!" Shadow was engulfed in an dark orange flash and as it cleared, he now had midnight purple fur and his red highlights were white. And like DarkSpine Sonic, his boots and gloves were gone, his sharp ears had earrings and he had bracelets and anklets. Also, there was a red flame on his chest.

"Wonderful." Ultra Erazor frowned. "Now I have to deal with another rat!"

"Unlike my two counterparts, I find it as a complement." DarkSpine Shadow said telepathically as he grinned. He warped in front of Ultra Erazor and gave him a brutal beating. After the first part of the punishment, he grabbed Ultra Erazor by the tunic threw him into the air. "Chaos Inferno!" DarkSpine Shadow yelled as he summoned serpents of fire at Ultra Erazor. After the scorching, Ultra Erazor snuffed out the and growled.

"Curse you, Shadow! You are just as meddling as the blue rat!" Ultra Erazor yelled.

"Again, I take it as a complement." DarkSpine Shadow smiled.

"I'll deal with you yet!" Ultra Erazor bellowed as five strange symbols appeared in front of him. "Chaos.... Fantasy!" The symbols fired different attacks. DarkSpine Shadow punched each attack to nullify them as he flew up at Ultra Erazor. When he was at reach, he knocked him to the ground.

"Chaos Voltage!" he roared as he fired several hundred volts of lighting. They attack was so great, so huge, it could be seen miles away. "Chaos... Water Nexus!" DarkSpine Shadow yelled as he created a huge water bomb and threw it down at the electrified area. There was a huge explosion of both water and lighting as it happened. DarkSpine Shadow looked down as the attack faded...

The fight wasn't over though, Ultra Erazor appeared with Chaos Control and crashed DarkSpine Shadow to the ground along with him. He was about to continued the assault when Silver came in and attacked Ultra Erazor from behind with Chaos Nitro Slam. However, Ultra Erazor knew he was coming so he turned around and caught him as they slid through the grass and dirt. When the came to a stop, Ultra Erazor threw him to the ground some meters away. "None of you cane stop me from ruling your worlds!" Ultra Erazor yelled.

The dust that appeared in Silver crashed suddenly swilled as worldly energy appeared all over it. The dust was then blew away and a new hedgehog appeared. This hedgehog also hand midnight purple fur, bracelets and anklets, sharp ears with earrings, bare hands and feet and blank eyes. However, he also had white marks on his hands and feet and a green flame on his chest.

"And what will you gain from it?" DarkSpine Silver snarled telepathically.

"You don't need to know!" Ultra Erazor yelled as rushed at him. DarkSpine Silver just used his telekinesis throw him back. Just before Ultra Erazor was about to hit the ground, DarkSpine Silver stomped his foot and made pillar after pillars appear, bouncing him high to the air. When the last pillar threw him huge enough, DarkSpine Silver warped after him and used a blasts of wind to throw him down with a crash. Ultra Erazor wasn't finished though as he flew up again in great force. DarkSpine Silver flew out of reach but Ultra Erazor knocked him through the air. He was about to fall but DarkSpine Sonic and DarkSpine Shadow caught up in time.

"So, now what?" DarkSpine Sonic asked.

"I say we put an end to this tale." DarkSpine Shadow answered.

"Let's go." DarkSpine Silver nodded.

The three worldly hedgehogs flew around Ultra Erazor, as if to taunt him. Growling, Ultra Erazor flew after them. The four flew up and around the night sky as they went across the stars and over the Night Palace.

"He fell for it!" DarkSpine Sonic grinned. "Shadow! Silver! Let's do it, to it!"

As they stopped over the Night Palace, the hedgehogs suddenly made copies of themselves and surrounded Ultra Erazor. Before he could react, they fired random shots at him, dismissed their clones, and went around him to make a cage to trap him.

"Crime and Punishment!" the three hedgehogs yelled as zapped him with worldly energy, making him roar in pain. The cage fell into the throne room. Ultra Erazor crashed onto the floor so hard, the Chaos Emeralds shot away from him, making him revert to normal. The three hedgehog also landed and released the World Rings, also making them revert to normal.

"You... you can't... defeat me!..." Erazor growled as he staggered to his feet. "I have more power.... then you will ever know!"

"Are you sure?" Shion's voice asked.

Erazor gawked as the dust cleared behind the hedgehogs and saw Laharl, Adell, Xellos, Negi, Ziggy, Jr and Zel holding the Chaos Emeralds while Zoey, Shion, White Himeno, Sailor Moon, Kokoa, Moka and Zola had the World Rings. By the way the Ring were glowing, they were going to use them to finish him off.

"No... this cannot be!" Erazor yelled in anger, "How can I be defeated again by a bunch of filthy street rats!?"

"Your tale is finished, Erazor!" Zoey shouted as their eyes glowed in the color of the Rings they were holding. "Next time, try and write a better story!" The girls fired the Rings' special attacks at Erazor, resulting in a large explosion that threw him to were his throne once was. Then they launched elemental blades to seemingly slice him in half. Erazor yelled in agony as the gash glowed with bright rainbow light and he exploded. Nothing was left in his quake.

"We did it, everyone!" Sakura cheered. All the other kids cheered along with her.

"Now that's what I call a happy ending!" Amelia added happily.

"It is a happy ending, isn't it?" Sharia smiled, though the next second, she looked sad.

"What's wrong?" Sonic asked her.

"Hm? Oh, it's nothing. Don't worry about it." Sharia reassured as she put another smiled on her face. "You promised me that you'd make me smile again, right? Now I am. Thanks to you, I have many friends now."

"Your wish, my command." Sonic smiled as he rubbed his nose.

Suddenly, the entire Night Palace snapped partly in two. Everyone took notice and gasped in shock.

"What the?!" Corina gasped.

"What's going on!?" Astro gawked.

"Hmm...." Pluto scratched her chin. "Looks like the final attack cut through Night Palace as well."

"NANI!?"

Meanwhile, the three other genies to a breather as the infinite numbers of evil spirits vanished. As they did, they noticed a glowing rainbow gash in the middle of Night Palace before it exploded in a blinding flash. Wanting to know what was up, the warped over the rubble.

"Oi, anyone still alive in there?" Davey called out.

Slowly, the Resistance crawled out of the rubble and saw the genies levitating over them. "Everyone accounted for." Sharia smiled tiredly.

"So you finished Erazor?" Ifrit smiled as they landed.

"Sure did!" Sonic grinned.

"Nice!" Uhu grinned back with a thumbs up. Suddenly, he tensed, "Wait a minute-!"

"What?" Li asked as Sharia, Ifrit and Davey looked up with eyes narrowed.

"No way... he survived." Davey snarled.

"You mean Erazor?!" Shu gasped. That was all confirmed when the Chaos Emeralds and World Rings disappeared. A purple fog appeared over them Erazor appeared out of it, laughing.

"But how?! We killed you!" Moka gasped in shock.

"Fools! You cannot kill the Genie of the Lamp!" Erazor laughed. "No matter how many times you strike me down, I'll just come back again and again! I'd be happy to destroy you all but now I think now is the time to visit my roots!" he laughed as waved his cape and vanished.

"Whatever he's up too, we have to stop him!" Mizore panicked.

"I think you might know." Sharia said as he hands glowed pink. "Alleya juu-ki lumnay socrate dak…" she fired a pink beam on the ground and it opened up, creating an orange portal with Arabic symbols floating out. They could here whispers from it too.

"What's that?" Mini Moon gasped.

"This is the portal to the Lost Prologue. It's a world between worlds, so to speak." Sharia explained.

"Just like the Special Stage." Amy said with eyes wide.

"So your going to use the Lost Prologue to follow Erazor?" Ifrit asked.

"It's our only shot!" Sonic said. "He may have one last ace up his sleeve and we have to make sure he doesn't use it!"

"Right! Everyone ready?" Ayaka nodded.

"Ready!" Mostly everyone nodded back.

"Let's go!" Sonic shouted as he and Sharia jumped into the portal as everyone followed.

The last battle is at hand, and it will be out of this world!

TBC

Next Time: Final Babylon